Hello all. I will be rolling a Cleric to play with a group of returning players. Is race choice really a non issue these days or is there a definite benefit to certain races? It has been some time since I have played so I'm not sure how stats or racial perks have changed. Thank you for any information and or insight.
The stats and factions of races is mostly irrelevant now days. The only real benefit to certain races are their racial innate abilities, like hide/forage/sneak/breath weapon. But even those don't make a huge difference. Pick whatever race you like best and don't feel like you made a major mistake by missing out on anything awesome, cause you're not. (The two noteworthy racials for cleric races are sneak from halflings and breath weapons from drakkin.)
Dark Elf and Human clerics who worship Inny can get a snare clicky - http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1254 Regent Symbol of Innoruuk.
It didn't, so it's not. But it is something drakkin get that others don't. If you get breath weapon then race change away drakkin, you will get to keep it as your new race. So if you really want a crappy dot that's mostly good for aggroing things through walls and floors, you can use a couple race change potions to use it as any race.
If you don't want to have to shrink, gnome. Shrinking once = halfling or dwarf Shrinking more = any other race